public release: 2026.08.12.1 · Schema 1.3.0
Family Fieldbook · reviewed family narratives
From Mei Xiang to Bao Li
A deliberately bounded three-generation Smithsonian family story.
7Story members
9Confirmed
1Tentative
5Referenced events
01 · Member constellation
Story members
Membership is editorial scope, not proof of kinship. Every connection remains backed by an independent parentage assertion.
02 · Reviewed chapters
Family chapters
Chapters reference stable IDs; withdrawing a member, event, or relationship requires the story to be reprojected.
- 01 · programme
A long Washington chapter
The long Smithsonian programme chapter of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian.
- 02 · generation
Four published offspring
Tai Shan, Bao Bao, Bei Bei, and Xiao Qi Ji enter through eight confirmed parentage assertions.
- 03 · journey
Announcement and completion stay separate
The 2020 return plan and the completed multi-participant 2023 transfer remain distinct events.
- 04 · maternal line
A next generation returns to Washington
Bao Bao's son Bao Li enters the third generation through a confirmed maternal edge, a tentative paternal edge, and separate arrival and debut events.
03 · Evidence rail
Relationship evidence and sources
Relationship status, out-of-scope dependencies, and media selection remain explicit and are never upgraded by narrative placement.
Parentage assertion
- confirmed
- Tian Tian → Tai Shan · father
parent-tai-shan-father - confirmed
- Mei Xiang → Tai Shan · mother
parent-tai-shan-mother - confirmed
- Tian Tian → Bao Bao · father
parent-bao-bao-father - confirmed
- Mei Xiang → Bao Bao · mother
parent-bao-bao-mother - confirmed
- Tian Tian → Bei Bei · father
parent-bei-bei-father - confirmed
- Mei Xiang → Bei Bei · mother
parent-bei-bei-mother - confirmed
- Tian Tian → Xiao Qi Ji · father
parent-xiao-qi-ji-father - confirmed
- Mei Xiang → Xiao Qi Ji · mother
parent-xiao-qi-ji-mother - confirmed
- Bao Bao → Bao Li · mother
parent-bao-li-mother - tentative
- d91afc69-20eb-59dd-ae56-8c8562ab03b3 → Bao Li · father
parent-bao-li-father
Out-of-scope relationships
parent-tian-tian-fatherparent-tian-tian-mother
Referenced events
- ·
event-smithsonian-return-plan-2020 - ·
event-bao-li-birth - ·
event-smithsonian-departure-2023 - ·
event-bao-li-arrival-2024 - ·
event-bao-li-public-debut-2025
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